Estimated additional energy bill costs without wind power
RecordSTO-5Z9EG5TX2W-2S2D03X1FN-QA67VC
United Kingdom · 2010–2023
Estimated additional energy bill costs without wind power in the United Kingdom was 14.2 billion GBP in 2010–2023 (GWEC).
- Publisher
- GWEC
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- 3. Wind Boosts Energy Security in Volatile Times
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
For example, a 2025 study by University College London showed that UK energy bills between 2010-2023 would have been £14.2bn higher if the electricity generated by their wind farms had instead come from gas.
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Cite this figure
APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2023). Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5Z9EG5TX2W2S2D03X1FNQA67VC
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2023, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5Z9EG5TX2W2S2D03X1FNQA67VC.
- Chicago
- Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2023. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5Z9EG5TX2W2S2D03X1FNQA67VC.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gwec2023estimatedqa67vc, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5Z9EG5TX2W2S2D03X1FNQA67VC}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- 3. Wind Boosts Energy Security in Volatile Times
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_5Z9EG5TX2W2S2D03X1FNQA67VC